Yeah, no Kurt. I was bummed, too. Reports conflict over whether it's because Fox declined to rehire Alan Cumming, or he didn't want to deal with the make-up again.

I think the body count was partly to clear the deck for a cast of lesser known actors who couldn't command paychecks quite so high. And James Marsden cheesed Fox off by taking a job on Singer's Superman project while The Last Stand was in development limbo.

That would explain much. :)

Ironically, I saw Alan Cumming on stage as Macheath in The Threepenny Opera the day before I saw X3.